Xuxa Gêmeas (2006)

Directed by

Jorge Fernando

Genre

adventure film, children's film, romantic comedy film

Country

Brazil

Runtime

1h 21m

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 21 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Twin sisters who were separated as babies grow up with very different lives. One is a wealthy businesswoman, the other runs a performing arts school in a favela. Their paths cross when the businesswoman cuts funding to the school, and a lost diamond adds to the confusion.

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What happens

Xuxa Gêmeas (English: Xuxa Twins) is a 2006 Brazilian romantic comedy children's film written by Flávio de Souza, Jorge Fernando and Patricia Travasso, directed by Fernando, produced by Globo Filmes, Diler & Associados, Warner Bros. Pictures and Xuxa Produçoes and distributed by 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. Pictures. This is the last Xuxa film to be produced by Diler Trindade. Starring the Xuxa Meneghel with the participation of Ivete Sangalo, Murilo Rosa, Maria Clara Gueiros, Maria Mariana Azevedo, Eike Duarte, Ary Fontoura, Fabiana Karla, Thiago Martins. In the film, Xuxa serves as the twin identical sisters who were separated when they were still babies. Thirty years later, Elizabeth (Xuxa) is now president of the father's graphic arts empire, while her twin sister, Mel (Xuxa) runs a performing art school involved with a Favela. Of course, their lives intersect when the wicked Elizabeth suspends the company's sponsorship of the school of Mel, who nevertheless does not give up fighting. To complicate the plot there is a diamond that by mistake, falls into the hands of Mel. Still in 1989, Xuxa Meneghel Started working on a screenplay for a movie that would tell the story of two twin sisters and would be released in Mexico. The feature film would be signed by George Lucas, a budgeted co-production of $1.2 million that did not occur due to international commitments of Xuxa at the time. In 2006 Xuxa returned with a film project with similar script. Gemeas showed a good performance at the box office, compared to the previous, with more than 1,007,490 box office, being the last film of Xuxa with more than 1 million viewers. He obtained a gross excess of 5,801,734 reais. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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